View Full Version : Anybody buy/read the News of the World?
And are you going to continue to in light of yesterdays allegations? And if you are can I ask why? Genuine question....
And are you going to continue to in light of yesterdays allegations? And if you are can I ask why? Genuine question....
I can honestly say that I've never bought it - not my cup of tea. Certainly wouldn't now, regardless of whether the allegations are true or not.
husky03
05-07-11, 05:12 PM
yes-cause the football coverage is very good-your looking at the reporting from a moral standard point of view but in my experience every journo is a sleekit two faced back stabbing rat that would sell their granny to get a story-if you decide to cease reading a newspaper because the tactics they use don't agree with your morals you'll end up having nothing to read.
Specialone
05-07-11, 05:16 PM
I don't buy any, I like news not made up BS.
The things the tabloids do to get their stories is work of scum IMO, fook them, they ain't getting nothing off me.
Btw, the guy involved in the milly dowling thing should be jailed, he over stepped the line and an example needs to be made to show others the boundaries they don't cross.
Bluefish
05-07-11, 05:16 PM
Occasionally buy it, and no defo not from now on, what a bunch of ****s.
I wouldn't wipe my @rse with it. And that was before all this came to light
Milky Bar Kid
05-07-11, 05:25 PM
Not a paper I would buy anyway but if this allegation is true then I would never consider it. The way the family of Milly have been treated during this horrendous time is not short of despicable.
don't watch the news and i don't buy news papers. so i have no idea what you are on about.
JamesMio
05-07-11, 06:18 PM
Being originally from Liverpool, never have bought either the NOTW nor it's hateful rag of a sister paper, the S*n. Never have, never will.
For anyone interested in the reasons behind that, see - http://dontbuythesun.co.uk/site/
andrewsmith
05-07-11, 07:18 PM
Used to use waste ones from work for kindling
Being originally from Liverpool, never have bought either the NOTW nor it's hateful rag of a sister paper, the S*n. Never have, never will.
For anyone interested in the reasons behind that, see - http://dontbuythesun.co.uk/site/
Very fair enough reason!
Nostrils
05-07-11, 07:23 PM
Havent bought News International publications since Rebekka Wade became the editor - I met her whilst on a contract at their HQ, she was and very much still is a nasty piece of work and never mind about selling her granny, she would likely cause the death of her granny!
Specialone
05-07-11, 08:00 PM
Being originally from Liverpool, never have bought either the NOTW nor it's hateful rag of a sister paper, the S*n. Never have, never will.
For anyone interested in the reasons behind that, see - http://dontbuythesun.co.uk/site/
I'm ashamed to say I'd forgot about all this, I do remember it now and the bad feelings towards the sun.
I dont buy them anyway but what scum, makes you proud to be a human don't it :(
JamesMio
05-07-11, 08:02 PM
Does no harm to remind people every so often.
Specialone
05-07-11, 08:04 PM
Does no harm to remind people every so often.
Glad you did tbh
Biker Biggles
05-07-11, 08:16 PM
Being originally from Liverpool, never have bought either the NOTW nor it's hateful rag of a sister paper, the S*n. Never have, never will.
For anyone interested in the reasons behind that, see - http://dontbuythesun.co.uk/site/
Im not from Liverpool,but I dont buy them either.Different reasons but same result.Absolute shower of **** the lot of them.
The Idle Biker
05-07-11, 09:07 PM
For consideration.
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/murdoch-deal-petition#petition
DJFridge
05-07-11, 09:47 PM
For consideration.
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/murdoch-deal-petition#petition
Well found, just signed that.
Re the latest NOTW debacle specifically, I haven't read a tabloid since I was an 18 year old student reading the Sport and that was only for the stupid stories and the t1ts (I was young, what can I say)! I already thought the Scum was just that, long before they managed to alienate the entire city of Liverpool, not to mention fans nationwide. That just confirmed what I already thought - that they'll print anything to sell papers, regardless of the truth.
I've no idea what Rebekka Wade is like, unlike Nostrils who confirms what I'd have suspected anyway, but even if (and it's a bl00dy big IF) she didn't know what was happening, she still has to go. The tabloids and the broadsheets spend half their time saying that X should resign because they were in charge when Y happened - it should apply to them too. She was in charge so she should resign, end of. The most depressing thing is that all the papers are so **** scared of starting a war that none of them will really go for the NOTW properly. The editors all have so many skeletons buried, none of them want to attack another too openly.
Anyway, to conclude, all newspapers are varying levels of toilet paper and an awful lot of people who work for them should be in jail. Here endeth the rant.
garynortheast
05-07-11, 10:43 PM
McKenzie is a scumbag. I'm not even a football fan but that was just outrageous.
Keith. Page 3. That is all, oh and Dear Deidre. Thats about the only things that i read in it anyway.
Im not really politicial when it comes to news papers and i dont ever buy one. I just read whatever is laying round the office mainly.
News wise, i follow BBC news on Twitter and read the news on either Sky news or BBC websites.
don't watch the news and i don't buy news papers. so i have no idea what you are on about.
Let me fill you in then, briefly.
In the passed few years there have been a number of "celebrities" - i use that term in the loosest possible way - have had their phones hacked. Private details, voice mails and the like have been accessed. Until now its been mostly met with apathy by General Public. Now allegations have arisen that one chap in the employ of NOTW hacked into the phone voice mail of Milly Dowler, a schoolgirl who at the time of the hacking had gone missing. Natually the network used was able to tell that her phone had been accessed giving her parents hope that she was still alive and getting her messages (the poor girl had been murdered by a man who had already killed other girls it later transpired). Can you imagine what they went through at the time? And this man hacked her phone to get a lead on a story. Nice eh?
And the latest allegations today are that this very same man hacked into the phones of the families and victims of the 7/7 bombings. A new level of low has been dug by this "News" paper.
AndyBrad
06-07-11, 07:57 AM
for getting into the phone like that and giving the parents false hope without comming forward he should be strung up by the balls!
The big question is...Do you think that the Sun/NOW is the only paper to do this or this kind of thing? No, its the only one thats been caught i reckon
The big question is...Do you think that the Sun/NOW is the only paper to do this or this kind of thing? No, its the only one thats been caught i reckon
I dont know to be honest, so I can only judge on whats been reported and form an opinion based on that. I cant imagine the Editors of the Observer or Grauniad or Times (despite its ownership) would allow that sort of behaviour, which is also why the abhorrent Rebekah Brooks needs to fall on her sword and Andy Coulsen be thrown in prison
Bedhead
06-07-11, 09:10 AM
I dont know to be honest, so I can only judge on whats been reported and form an opinion based on that. I cant imagine the Editors of the Observer or Grauniad or Times (despite its ownership) would allow that sort of behaviour, which is also why the abhorrent Rebekah Brooks needs to fall on her sword and Andy Coulsen be thrown in prison
But they won't, they're journalists, they have no morals whatsoever.:smt085:smt085
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9361/26914310150705458860057.jpg
Spot the odd one out
JamesMio
06-07-11, 11:09 AM
The worst thing is Keef, both of these appalling rags will still have the same readership numbers come next week.
I'm not actually sure what it will take before their readership actually realise what utter sh!te it is that they print and buy something else instead.
Unfortunately, and I bet I'm right on this... it'd be the removal of the Page 3 girls, which - well I don't know where to start and if I did, I wouldn't know where to end my rant so I'll just sigh and not bother.
Balky001
06-07-11, 12:08 PM
The big question is...Do you think that the Sun/NOW is the only paper to do this or this kind of thing? No, its the only one thats been caught i reckon
I think the bigger question is, just because there might be unknown others doing this, should the NoTW/SUN reporters and editor avoid punishment. If they do avoid it, what message does this send?
I'm generally against reporting censorship but methods of garning information do need to be ethical.
I don't buy either newspaper, not for ethical reasons but because the reporting and opinions are mostly claptrap.
Biker Biggles
06-07-11, 12:39 PM
Gets worse and worse.I can almost hear the senior management screaming for the "anyone but me"scapegoat to be unmasked asap.
They have had to admit giving Met Police officers money for information because it was in Cameron's sidekick's emails.That in itself is a criminal offense but no surprise that the Police didn't notice anything in their investigations.Also interesting is that the Sun chose not to report the story on the front page like every other paper,but to bury it on some inner page.I wonder what they have to hide?Even other Murdoch outlets have had to give it due prominence.This has the makings of one of the biggest scandals in decades,not just because of what happened,but because of who has been covering it up and why.
Biker Biggles
06-07-11, 12:42 PM
Meanwhile Murdoch gets the nod to take over Bskyb.There's no stopping the masters of the universe is there?
Bedhead
06-07-11, 01:10 PM
Meanwhile Murdoch gets the nod to take over Bskyb.There's no stopping the masters of the universe is there?
Sometimes I think David Icke isn't as daft as he seems when he talks about a new world order.
That odious red haired harridan is just showing her utter lack of decency by not resigning.
Biker Biggles
06-07-11, 01:27 PM
Sometimes I think David Icke isn't as daft as he seems when he talks about a new world order.
Well if the culprit turns out to be a twelve foot lizard related the the Duke of Edinborough that will be a story and a half:D
Bedhead
06-07-11, 01:37 PM
Well if the culprit turns out to be a twelve foot lizard related the the Duke of Edinborough that will be a story and a half:D
I'm sure the Sunday Sport would have loved that one! :p
DJFridge
06-07-11, 02:55 PM
I'm sure the Sunday Sport would have loved that one! :p
I'm sure they did run that story in about 1989! The day after "WW2 Bomber Found On Moon"
Rebekah Brooks gives me a bit of a stirring in the trouser department - I might leave a message on my own voicemail to see if she's interested in some nookie ;-)
Biker Biggles
06-07-11, 06:49 PM
Rebekah Brooks gives me a bit of a stirring in the trouser department - I might leave a message on my own voicemail to see if she's interested in some nookie ;-)
I think she's f3cked already mate;)
DJFridge
06-07-11, 08:38 PM
Rebekah Brooks gives me a bit of a stirring in the trouser department - I might leave a message on my own voicemail to see if she's interested in some nookie ;-)
I think you'd want to double-bag, Lozzo - you don't know where she's been!
Bedhead
06-07-11, 09:46 PM
I think you'd want to double-bag, Lozzo - you don't know where she's been!
http://images.wikia.com/eastenders/images/b/b9/Ross_Kemp.jpg
Would you want his cast off? :lol::lol::lol::lol:
Oh , I'm ok about that sort of thing.
As a wise man once told me "For every wonderful woman in the world, there are three or four ex-boyfriends who wouldn't put up with her crap".
Lozzo she is ginger and abhorrent you're welcome to her
and now they allegedly hack the voicemails of the families of dead soldiers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14058714
I'm not at all surprised by the daily announcements of yet another scandalous piece of work to gather story leads from the next unsuspecting victim. The Hugh Grant interview on TV this morning where they also spoke to the alledged 'reporter' that admitted all this stuff just about said it all. This is a widespread accepted activity within media circles, assisted by greedy officials and police officers, no doubt some people who are in some way connected to the 'victims' of these activites also took the odd back hander along the way.
Its time for all media related organsations to adopt and abide by a decent set of business principles. Phone hacking is one part but what about pictures from agencies gathered by papperazzi with monster zoom lenses or that camp outside somebodies house to catch that all important photo. None of them give a cr@p, they would never do the job that they do if they did.
Vote with your feet and if you buy a newspaper buy one whose ethics you are happy with. The number of times I've seen somebody commenting on how disgusting a newspaper story is whilst holding the paper in their hand....
arenalife
07-07-11, 09:25 AM
I think we should all be asking "how is it so %$%"%% easy for someone to get my answerphone messages????". Do all our mobile answerphones have a default code to access them remotely? The phone companies need to sort their stuff out!
I think we should all be asking "how is it so %$%"%% easy for someone to get my answerphone messages????". Do all our mobile answerphones have a default code to access them remotely? The phone companies need to sort their stuff out!
There is a default PIN for remote access. Hardly anyone changes it because they only access their messages from their own phone so all you need to "hack" someone's voicemail is their mobile number then try the usual PINs - e.g. 1111.
If you're worried about people accessing your messages, dial your voicemail service, go into the settings menu and change your PIN
Bedhead
07-07-11, 10:43 AM
Lozzo she is ginger and abhorrent you're welcome to her
She's not even a nice looking ginger, Catherine tate, is a nice ginger, but that Brooks woman is a bit of a 8-pinter.:pale:
tigersaw
07-07-11, 10:49 AM
Rebekah Brooks
WTF is this with people spelling their name wrong on purpose?
I remember the first time I experienced it was when I worked on a set at Pinewood, the producer introduced himself as 'Mark with a C' , so any correspondence with him I always used 'Dear Mark with a C'
arenalife
07-07-11, 10:49 AM
There is a default PIN for remote access. Hardly anyone changes it because they only access their messages from their own phone so all you need to "hack" someone's voicemail is their mobile number then try the usual PINs - e.g. 1111.
If you're worried about people accessing your messages, dial your voicemail service, go into the settings menu and change your PIN
As rubbish as that eh
I've just changed the pin on mine, though to be fair, checking from 3rd party phones wasn't enabled. As soon as I changed the pin I got a warning text from Orange that my answerphone settings had changed.
I'm only worried cos I know Ryan Giggs and Cheryl Cole :-$
I'm only worried cos I had a threesome with Ryan Giggs and Cheryl Cole :-$
definately change your pin!!
i see there is a kind of facebook "campaign" to encourage people not to by this rag on Sunday. I really think people should just stop buying it anytime. I hear the sport is good, but its equally as good in the Observer or Guardian in fact probably better journalism as in the more heavyweight papers they dont go for the sensationalist angle
Bedhead
07-07-11, 10:59 AM
Want a good sports page, buy the Times or Telegraph, NOTW is just football.
Want a good sports page, buy the Times or Telegraph, NOTW is just football.
lol, I've been to sports events that were subsequently reported in 'decent' papers. Or at least I thought I had till I read the reports...
There's no such thing as a decent newspaper. Only one's that aren't as er, inaccurate as others.
Many years ago following a tragedy in our family I had the pleasure of dealing with reporters. I'm biased but I wouldn't even p!$$ on them if they were on fire... bit unfair to stereotype but that's how I feel.
thedonal
07-07-11, 01:51 PM
WTF is this with people spelling their name wrong on purpose?
I remember the first time I experienced it was when I worked on a set at Pinewood, the producer introduced himself as 'Mark with a C' , so any correspondence with him I always used 'Dear Mark with a C'
In all fairness, Mark can be spelled as Marc and is in some countries.
The one that gets me is people who change the y to an i at the end of their name to sound funky and cute- ie sally to salli.
That's the annoying one for me.
I'm surprised that the Press Complaints Commission hasn't sorted this one out yet..... oh wait....
Is anybody actually surprised by this this??
lol, I've been to sports events that were subsequently reported in 'decent' papers. Or at least I thought I had till I read the reports...
There's no such thing as a decent newspaper. Only one's that aren't as er, inaccurate as others.
Many years ago following a tragedy in our family I had the pleasure of dealing with reporters. I'm biased but I wouldn't even p!$$ on them if they were on fire... bit unfair to stereotype but that's how I feel.
I echo your sentiments and wouldn't give them the time of day.
THough i did have the pleasure of years later confronting the same reporter and I'm afraid I went to town on him. It felt great for a while watching him squirm.
The one that gets me is people who change the y to an i at the end of their name to sound funky and cute- ie sally to salli.
So I ain't cute? :(
RIP NOTW
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14070733
Any takers on The Sun going 7 days....?
wyrdness
07-07-11, 04:04 PM
RIP NOTW
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14070733
That's terrible news. What am I going to wipe my ar$e on now? I'll have to switch to Andrex or the Daily Mail.
What's the betting that it will be relaunched shortly as the 'SUNday' or something similar?
NotW to close. Last edition will be this Sunday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14070733
danf1234
07-07-11, 04:10 PM
The end!
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/News-Of-The-World-This-Sunday-Last-Ever-Issue-After-Phone-Hacking-Scandal-At-Tabloid/Article/201107116026230?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_16026230_News_Of_The_World%3A_This_Sun day_Last_Ever_Issue_After_Phone_Hacking_Scandal_At _Tabloid
it'll be back ..as long as murdoch is in power and news international is still around. Save a fortunes in out of court settlement fees maybe
Specialone
07-07-11, 04:13 PM
NotW to close. Last edition will be this Sunday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14070733
Lennys just posted the same ^^^^^^^^ :)
The brown stuff really has hit the fan now eh ?
Specialone
07-07-11, 04:14 PM
The end!
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/News-Of-The-World-This-Sunday-Last-Ever-Issue-After-Phone-Hacking-Scandal-At-Tabloid/Article/201107116026230?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_16026230_News_Of_The_World%3A_This_Sun day_Last_Ever_Issue_After_Phone_Hacking_Scandal_At _Tabloid
FFS dan not you as well !!!:rolleyes:
Lennys just posted the same ^^^^^^^^ :)
Hmmm... Checked just before I posted and was sure there wasn't anything there... :confused:
Anyhoo, is it enough? will it make much difference? Is this anything more than just damage limitation?
Personally don't see that this will be made right until the individuals involved are brought to account, but don't hold out much hope of that.
Specialone
07-07-11, 04:20 PM
Hmmm... Checked just before I posted and was sure there wasn't anything there... :confused:
Anyhoo, is it enough? will it make much difference? Is this anything more than just damage limitation?
Personally don't see that this will be made right until the individuals involved are brought to account, but don't hold out much hope of that.
IMO anything less than jail for these people is wrong, they should be in prison and amongst other scumbags, not saying everyone in prison is a scumbag but there's a few.
Bedhead
07-07-11, 04:28 PM
IMO anything less than jail for these people is wrong, they should be in prison and amongst other scumbags, not saying everyone in prison is a scumbag but there's a few.
If anybody ends up in jail, it'll the the private eye and Coulson, Murdochs ginger golden child will end up transferred to a cushy job abroad, out of harms way for a while.
Paul the 6th
07-07-11, 04:30 PM
never read it, the mirror is about the only red top I can bring myself to read - the rest of them just look like trashy poorly written and badly sourced stories (as it's now emerging)...
But then the broadsheets just reinforce my existential nihlistic attitude towards the world so I try not to read any newspapers..
Bedhead
07-07-11, 04:31 PM
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The Idle Biker
07-07-11, 04:35 PM
RIP NOTW
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14070733
......and a load of people lose their jobs, while those in the know that have been dodging and weaving and covering up, fall back on their fat cat savings or go sideways into new jobs.
This isn't a new scandal, this has been rumbling on for a while now.
That's how I read it anyhow, Murdochs move looks like some kind of moral, firm and fair decision but I don't see it as justice.
The paper didn't do it, people did. This is just a huge publicity stunt to deflect blame and pamper to empty heads.
When people get sacked, and or taken to court that's when this starts to be put right.
DJFridge
07-07-11, 04:57 PM
......and a load of people lose their jobs, while those in the know that have been dodging and weaving and covering up, fall back on their fat cat savings or go sideways into new jobs.
This isn't a new scandal, this has been rumbling on for a while now.
That's how I read it anyhow, Murdochs move looks like some kind of moral, firm and fair decision but I don't see it as justice.
No, it;s not.
I read Baby Murdoch's statement. Breathtaking hypocrisy I thought, especially the bit about giving all the advertising space in the final edition to good causes. Nothing will change, all the rubbish will just get spread throughout the week in The Scum instead until they eventually launch the Scum on Sunday, which Rupert Murdoch was talking about wanting to do decades ago. Now he can blame other people for closing down NOTW for him.
Just because the paper has closed doesn’t mean that is the end of this.
The police investigation is still in its infancy in this matter, and I would speculate that there are a fair few more skeletons to come out of this nasty closet.
Sadly, at a time when the economy isn’t so great, the NOTW has just made a good many journalists that had nothing to do with this scandal unemployed. Not that I am a fan of this particular paper, or with the morally questionable Murdoch empire, however I certainly don’t think that good people, who had nothing to do with these matters, lower down the chain should be punished either.
Sadly, at a time when the economy isn’t so great, the NOTW has just made a good many journalists that had nothing to do with this scandal unemployed.
I'm not sure you could call yourself a journalist if you work(ed) for the NOTW.
I'm not sure you could call yourself a journalist if you work(ed) for the NOTW.
Perhaps not, but I think working for such a publication during this media storm, might have hurt their future job prospects. :confused:
MisterTommyH
07-07-11, 05:32 PM
Apparently thesunonsunday.co.uk was registered two days ago.
Apparently thesunonsunday.co.uk was registered two days ago.
... perhaps some investor buying domain names in the hope of a cash in down the line :confused:
andrewsmith
07-07-11, 08:07 PM
Good ****ing riddance
454697819
07-07-11, 08:11 PM
what will I wipe my ass on now..
oh hello daily mail
andrewsmith
07-07-11, 08:18 PM
what will I wipe my ass on now..
oh hello daily mail
OR
Daily Express
The Sun
The Star
The Mirror
if your very desperate
Metro
SuzukiNess
07-07-11, 08:25 PM
karma is funny thing aint it.. how many lives has the News of the World destroyed in their quest to "spill the beans" on whoever and whatever they can? i dont read the tabloids cos generally i havent a clue about the "celebrities" they slagging off - but reading a few of the stories on their website now, it seems to me they took great pleasure in "reporting" (and gloating about their "exclusive") which lead to the demise of so many people..
the wheel turned full circle
(pity about the innocent reporters who will now be left unemployed..)
Biker Biggles
07-07-11, 08:41 PM
So when does the News Of The Sun go live?
Still waiting to see if any one in our government has the balls to stop Murdoch taking over Bskyb.I cant see that any family dynasty can ever be a fit and proper organisation to run a major section of the media.Look what happened today.Murdoch junior,head of News International,and the guilty chief executive roll up at NOTW and shut it down making all the minions redundant.The two people who should be taking responsibility for such a catastrophic failure are the only two who keep their jobs,and the head shed is the guvnors son who will never be sacked under any circumstances.In a proper plc those two would have gone,just like the president of BP went after the gulf oil spill.There is no accountability in the master of the universes private fiefdom though
BigBaddad
08-07-11, 04:37 AM
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altho doesnt seem to work....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9c-QVw-FWs
its fairly funny if you can be bothered...
Sadly, at a time when the economy isn’t so great, the NOTW has just made a good many journalists that had nothing to do with this scandal unemployed. Not that I am a fan of this particular paper, or with the morally questionable Murdoch empire, however I certainly don’t think that good people, who had nothing to do with these matters, lower down the chain should be punished either.
Yup and the knock on effects of it - It will be a least a shift at printing till the sunday is reprinted ( less money to pay for a saturday shift!)
I feel sorry for those not involved in this. I think that nothing will be resolved just people kick out - Hope the lynch mob feeling takes effect
It like all the public sector workers being tarred with the same 'idle' brush.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/notw-staffs-shock-fury-closure-190118970.html
sums it up well... 500 (sic) people sacrificed for one person to keep her job
and she (Brookes) is heading up the enquiry? good lord, thats almost funny
metalangel
08-07-11, 12:11 PM
and she (Brookes) is heading up the enquiry? good lord, thats almost funny
She's somehow gotten bigger hair than Macy Gray.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/photos/notw-closure-james-murdochs-full-statement-photo-15370566_400x240-163418146.html is home to some truly excellent quotes from typical imbeciles on the web, including:
"It will just come back with a diffrent name, do they think we a stuped or what"
"maybe all you sheep that pay out millions to watch all the repeats day in and day out should tell this crap family to shove there tv channels where the sun dont shine and start hitting them in the pocket asa thats the only thing they understand"
"I LIVE IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND I NO FOR A FACT THAT RUPBERT MURDOCK TOLD HIGH RANKING MEMBERS OF STAFF 4 WEEKS A GO TO CLOSE THE PAPER <,FACT ASK HIM>"
dizzyblonde
08-07-11, 12:48 PM
Only those that are 'needed' keep their roles in this sort of scenario. we all know she should be shot, but unfortunately there is something she has that is needed for purposes we know nothing of.
Either that or shes shagged someone she shouldn't have, and therefore can blackmail herself out of it:rolleyes:
Interesting comment in the Telegraph today that Brooks being spared just now means that there's still a buffer before you get to the Murdochs, and she can still be dumped later if needed.
excellent article well worth 5 minutes of your time
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/comment/editors-corner/end-one-era-likely-beginning-very-similar-one-093339939.html
SoulKiss
08-07-11, 03:16 PM
Just because the paper has closed doesn’t mean that is the end of this.
The police investigation is still in its infancy in this matter, and I would speculate that there are a fair few more skeletons to come out of this nasty closet.
Sadly, at a time when the economy isn’t so great, the NOTW has just made a good many journalists that had nothing to do with this scandal unemployed. Not that I am a fan of this particular paper, or with the morally questionable Murdoch empire, however I certainly don’t think that good people, who had nothing to do with these matters, lower down the chain should be punished either.
What you don't see a new newspaper called "SUNday" replacing this within a very short period of time with almost the exact same staff, putting almost the same money into the Murdoch Empire?
From Twitter: "Closing the #NotW but keeping Rebekah Brooks is like catching someone for drink-driving, letting the driver off but punishing the car"
DJFridge
08-07-11, 09:45 PM
Only those that are 'needed' keep their roles in this sort of scenario. we all know she should be shot, but unfortunately there is something she has that is needed for purposes we know nothing of.
Either that or shes shagged someone she shouldn't have, and therefore can blackmail herself out of it:rolleyes:
Wifey and I reckon she's shagged James Murdoch! Find another explanation for this statement:
"I am satisfied that Rebekah [and] her leadership of this business and her standard of ethics and her standard of conduct throughout her career are very good," James Murdoch said.](*,)
From Twitter: "Closing the #NotW but keeping Rebekah Brooks is like catching someone for drink-driving, letting the driver off but punishing the car"
:winner:That sounds about right
Biker Biggles
08-07-11, 09:56 PM
Im surprised the gutter press hasnt been round doorstepping her mum and dad and other close family members for the full dirt on her past.I wonder why not?Im gonna get the story from Lozzo cos I reckon he has sh&gged it.
I have to say that the irony of the latest to come out of the NOTW camp is a journalist dream..
So you have a highly immoral scandal regarding phone hacking and obtaining illicit information about people without their knowledge; whilst defending their positions and stating that it was only their predecessors wrong-doings that they are now being punished for, decides to obviously show their own highly ethical stance, by recording their now ex-boss giving them a swan song without her consent or knowledge.
On the other hand you have a CEO who had already given her staff their marching orders the day before, and then comes back the day after to have another bite of the apple, saying that she will do everything she can for them, to a room of "hard hitting" reporters who clearly need their own severance pay secured for them, sadly with the close of NOTW its amusing that sky was the first to release the tape in full, I wonder how much they paid for that :)
hardhat_harry
08-07-11, 10:40 PM
Ahh I found out why Brookes hasn't been sacked
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/rebekah-brooks-must-know-some-serious-****-201107084049/
WTF is this with people spelling their name wrong on purpose?
I remember the first time I experienced it was when I worked on a set at Pinewood, the producer introduced himself as 'Mark with a C' , so any correspondence with him I always used 'Dear Mark with a C'
I've got a mate who for the last 20 odd years has been called Markmarknormallyjustlikeeveryoneelsedoes by his closest mates - it's a long and probably quite boring story. You had to be there I suppose.
Im surprised the gutter press hasnt been round doorstepping her mum and dad and other close family members for the full dirt on her past.I wonder why not?Im gonna get the story from Lozzo cos I reckon he has sh&gged it.
Not a chance. I only sleep with nice ladies. The fact she's a ginger isn't of any importance, she'd still have to be a nice person... which she most definitely is not.
Luckypants
11-07-11, 04:18 PM
Well no real surprises, but it gets worse...
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100096355/news-international-obtained-medical-records-to-discover-details-of-gordon-browns-sons-cystic-fibrosis/
OK it's the Sun when the harpie was in charge, but further proves News International is rotten to the core IMHO
wyrdness
11-07-11, 04:33 PM
This is probably the funniest NotW story so far:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8628690/News-of-the-World-final-crossword-has-a-message-for-catastrophe-Rebekah-Brooks.html
She's noshed off both of them???
DJFridge
11-07-11, 09:48 PM
She's noshed off both of them???
She must have. Or know where the bodies are hidden. Or both!
Littlepeahead
12-07-11, 09:29 AM
I'm not defending the hacking, but I worked with the NOTW sports guys and they do a good job and are now unemployed.
Last year they brought to light the match fixing within the Pakistan cricket team. We all knew in the industry that illegal betting was rife in Pakistan and India and that someome was cheating but the ICC and Pakistan board did $od all about it and it took 3 journalists at the NOTW to publish enough damning evidence that the ICC had to take action.
It was a dark time for cricket, but the game is better for it and the reward for those journalists is the dole queue. So far for them there is no news of a new Sunday publication replacing the NOTW with nice new job to go with it. If a new title is launched it sounds like they plan to make the Sun sports writers do a 7 day job rather than 6 for the same wages or they know where the dole office is too.
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